Competitors
50
Summary
follow.it is a news platform designed for both readers and publishers. It allows readers to follow their favorite news sources and receive filtered updates via various channels, including email, RSS, and mobile app. For publishers, it provides tools to distribute their content, gain traffic, and monetize their news through subscriptions and advertising.
Feature Matches9/13
See all9/13
Must Have
4 of 5
Distribution & Recommendation Engine
Membership & Monetization
Reader Engagement Metrics
Community Feedback Tools
Rich Text Editor
Other
5 of 8
User Profiles & Following
Tags & Topics
Email Newsletter Integration
Mobile App Access
Search & Discovery
Publication Management
Audio Story Playback
Social Sharing & Embedding
PricingFreemium
See allFreemium
Publisher Basic
OTHER 0.00 custom
- Unlimited followers & emails
- 5 feeds
- All delivery channels
- Send RSS & manual messages
- Define redirects
- Alerts
- Define subscription options
- You’re stated as sender
- Tailoring of subject line
- Define reply-to address
- Broken-Feed-Fix
- Approve stories
- Send messages separately
- Access to unsubscription reasons
- Google Analytics tracking
- Optimized Image Handling
- No feed monetization
- No access to followers’ emails
- No importing followers
- No different languages
- Limited access to statistics (Un-subscriptions only, 1 month historical data)
- Feed not listed in follow.it directory
- No white labelling
- Cannot add content to messages
- 6-hour update cycle
- Last 50 saved messages
- Up to 10k characters extended content storage
- Support response time < 72 hours
Publisher Cool
Custom
- Unlimited followers & emails
- Up to 20 feeds
- Feed monetization
- Delivery via all channels
- Feed filtering
- Access to followers’ emails
- Importing followers
- Different languages
- Access to statistics (1 year historical data)
- Send RSS & manual messages
- Define redirects
- Feed(s) listed in follow.it directory
- Alerts
- Define subscription options
- You’re stated as sender
- Tailoring of subject line
- Define reply-to address
- Broken-Feed-Fix
- Approve stories
- Send messages separately
- Access to unsubscription reasons
- Google Analytics tracking
- Optimized Image Handling
- 30 minutes update cycle
- Last 1,000 saved messages
- Up to 30k characters extended content storage
- Support response time < 12 hours
Publisher Super-Cool
Custom
- Unlimited followers & emails
- Unlimited feeds
- Feed monetization
- Delivery via all channels
- Feed filtering
- Access to followers’ emails
- Importing followers
- Different languages
- Access to statistics (Unlimited historical data)
- Send RSS & manual messages
- Define redirects
- Feed(s) listed in follow.it directory
- Alerts
- Define subscription options
- You’re stated as sender
- Tailoring of subject line
- Define reply-to address
- Broken-Feed-Fix
- Approve stories
- Send messages separately
- Access to unsubscription reasons
- White labelling
- Add content to messages
- Google Analytics tracking
- Subscriber support
- Optimized Image Handling
- Instant update cycle
- Last 5,000 saved messages
- Up to 50k characters extended content storage
- Support response time Asap
Reader Free
OTHER 0.00 custom
- Follow up to 20 regular feeds
- Filter feeds by tags, authors or keywords
- Share stories (Facebook, X, etc.)
- Save stories for later reading
- Pick from all output channels (Newspaper, Newspage, RSS, Telegram, Single Email, etc.)
- API feeds features
- Limited to 20 regular feeds
- No Buffer forwarding
- No AI summaries
Reader Hello
$5.00 monthly
- As in «Free», plus...
- Follow up to 50 (regular) feeds
- Forward stories to Buffer
- API feeds features as provided on Hello plan
- AI summaries (5 per day)
Reader Basic
$10.00 monthly
- As in «Hello», plus...
- Follow up to 200 (regular) feeds
- Get messages up to 5-times faster
- No ads in emails
- Customer Support
- API feeds features as provided on Basic plan
- AI summaries (20 per day)
Reader Standard
$20.00 monthly
- As in «Basic», plus...
- Follow up to 500 (regular) feeds
- Forward stories to Hootsuite or Buffer
- Get messages up to 10-times faster
- Premium Customer Support
- API feeds features as provided on Standard plan
- AI summaries (50 per day)
Reader Pro
$40.00 monthly
- As in «Standard», plus...
- Follow up to 1000 (regular) feeds
- API feeds features as provided on Pro plan
- AI summaries (100 per day)
Rationale
follow.it is a news platform that allows users to follow their favorite blogs and news sites and receive updates through various channels. It offers features for both readers and publishers. For readers, it provides filtering options, multiple delivery channels, and a feed directory. For publishers, it enables content distribution, monetization options (coming soon), and analytics. While it doesn't have a rich text editor for creating content directly on the platform, it focuses on distributing content from existing websites or RSS feeds. It has a strong recommendation and distribution engine, monetization features (though some are 'coming soon'), and detailed statistics for publishers. It also supports user profiles, tags/topics, email newsletters, and mobile app access.
Found via SearchPaid
See allbest alternatives to competitor product 2024
competitor vs alternative comparison honest review
GossipPaid
See allBest alternatives to [Product] in 2024?
Reddit·tech_enthusiast·2d ago·+142
I've been using Alternative A for 6 months now and it's been fantastic. The pricing is much better and the features are actually more robust than what [Product] offers.
Show HN: We built a better [Product]
Hacker News·startup_founder·5d ago·+89
After struggling with [Product]'s limitations, we decided to build our own solution.
It handles edge cases much better and the API is actually documented properly.
Check it out at our site.
[Product] vs Competitor B - which one should I choose?
Reddit·confused_buyer·Oct 14·+67
Honestly, after trying both, Competitor B wins hands down. Better customer support, cleaner interface, and they don't nickel and dime you for every feature.
Why we migrated away from [Product]
Hacker News·cto_mike·Oct 11·+234
The breaking point was when they changed their API without notice. We lost 3 days of productivity. Solution C has been rock solid for us since we switched.